We are a full-time family of 4 humans, 2 cats, and 4 dogs. Three of our dogs are, not-so-well-behaved, bassets. Therefore we have to lock them up at night and when we are away and not able to take them with us. In this post, I will describe how I made a dog cage for …
Why?
Many times when you do something against “the grain”… something different, many people will ask the million dollar question. WHY? Why would you give up “The American Dream” to do something crazy, like live in an RV? Many people live this lifestyle for different reasons. Here is our “why” along with a couple of misconceptions. …
Our RV Internet Setup
Who doesn’t need good internet these days? I know we sure use a lot of it and living in sticks and bricks, in a metro area, gets you spoiled on fast internet speeds. In the past two years, we have gotten very dependent on reliable internet. We “cut the cord” and turned off our cable …
5 Favorite IKEA Organizational Products in our RV
Interested in the IKEA products we feature, sign up below to receive your free IKEA shopping list! TILLSLUTA Kitchen Canisters When organizing a small cabinet, square canisters are best to maximize space. IKEA makes some great square canisters with rubber gaskets. While the rubber gaskets make it a little difficult to get the lids off …
5 Things We’ve Learned During Our First Month of Full-Time Living
The nomadic life is a life filled with ups and downs just like “regular” sticks-and-brick life. Over the past month, we’ve had our share of ups and “OH CRAP!” moments. Here are the top 5 things we’ve learned during our first month of full-time living: 1) Sometimes you just need to ask. Are you looking …
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Best Instant Pot Carnitas
A couple of weeks ago in my post, 7 Things I Can’t Live Without in my RV Kitchen, I professed my deep love for the Breville Smart Oven Air and Instant Pot. Best Instant Pot Carnitas combines those 2 appliances into an absolutely delicious dish! Post contains affiliate links. Ingredients 4-6 lbs. pork shoulder slightly …
Some Of The Many Uses For Vinyl Flooring Planks
When we purchased our vinyl flooring planks, I had no idea of all the places we were going to use them. As I wrote about in our article We Are Down With This Flooring!, Angelica and I chose Style Selections 6-in x 36-in Driftwood peel and stick vinyl flooring. She liked the look of it so …
7 Things I Can’t Live Without in my RV Kitchen
1) Breville Smart Oven Air During our recent renovation, we decided to tackle our oven issue. RV ovens are notorious for working minimal at best. I’ve only had one experience with our oven and it left a sour taste in my mouth. We were on a trip to Tennessee and had plans to make s’mores …
DIY Countertop
Who doesn’t wish that they could change out the ugly countertop in their RV? After all, most are cheap, thin OSB, laminated tops and don’t look good at all. Then there are the sinks. The combination of these two pieces, at least in our RV, left much to be desired. When we started our RV …
Color Scheme
What’s in a color scheme? That seems to be a pretty loaded question depending on who you ask. On a couple of RV renovation and interior boards we are on, color schemes are discussed at great length. Some people prefer white cabinets, while others cringe every time someone paints “those beautiful (fake) wood cabinets.” I …